About Language ETC
Since 1993, Language ETC has offered English and literacy training to low-income adult immigrants in the greater Washington area. This blog is for the volunteer teachers and tutors at Language ETC. It provides resources to help volunteers fulfill LETC’s mission of improving the lives of immigrants through education.Header photo credits, from left: Anne Hoffman, Shira Pilarski, Anne Hoffman.
Category Archives: Volunteer Writing
Something Big
This week’s guest blogger is David Arabian, a weeknight 4B teacher at Language ETC. He shares an activity that he and his co-teacher, Paul Stanton, use to keep upper-level students engaged. I like their idea and plan to try it … Continue reading
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Tea Toothpaste and Watermelon Chicken: Navigating Communication Challenges in China
Kelsey Gustafson is a weeknight teacher at Language ETC. Last week she wrote about the culture shock she experienced as an American teaching English in China. This week, Kelsey follows up with stories of living in China when you can’t, … Continue reading
An LETC Teacher in China
Kelsey Gustafson is a weeknight PM teacher at Language ETC. She taught English as a second language at a university in China from August 2010 to February 2011. By Kelsey Gustafson All of us who teach here at LETC have … Continue reading
ESL and Adult Literacy Go Hand in Hand
Three decades ago, one of my first jobs after college involved testing people with low literacy to see how they interpreted medicine labels. I had led a sheltered life up to then, it seems, because I was shocked to discover … Continue reading
Language ETC ♥ Literacy*AmeriCorps
Yes, we do! And here’s why. Literacy*AmeriCorps has done and continues to do a tremendous amount for LETC. This is the third year that we’ll have a Literacy*AmeriCorps member working with us — teaching classes, helping with recruitment and registration, … Continue reading
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LETC’s Language Lab: A Place for Work and Play
Did you know that you can do much more than grammar with your students in the language lab? To be sure, Ventures Arcade, the software that accompanies our textbooks, is a great way of reinforcing class work. Grammar becomes more … Continue reading
U.S. Should Prioritize English-Language Promotion
By Frankie Sturm Frankie Sturm, a volunteer teacher at Language ETC, is a fellow with the Truman National Security Project. He taught English in France from 2004 to 2006. A longer version of this essay appeared on August 1, 2010, … Continue reading
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